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But that didn’t stop him from raping the mentally challenged woman on a rickety piano stool in a storage room in the church’s basement, she told his double sexual assault trial Tuesday.
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The woman told Crown prosecutor Aleksandra Simic that an October, 2019 video-recorded statement she gave to police detailing the incident was true.
Simic is utilizing a section of the Criminal Code which allows the prosecution to introduce such statements into evidence where they are given by mentally, or physically disabled witnesses, or victims.
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But under cross-examination by Lashbrook’s lawyer, the woman said she wanted to have sex with him, but was only worried about hurting the accused’s then-girlfriend’s feelings.
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The woman, who can’t be named, told defence counsel Adriano Iovinelli her biggest concern was how Lashbrook’s girlfriend would react to them having sex.
But she also denied suggestions by Iovinelli that she either told Lashbrook that day in October 2019 that she wanted to have sex with him, or told him she wanted to “have fun.”
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Two men charged with murder in the death of a Calgary chef who was about to realize his dream of opening a French deli began hearing evidence against them Tuesday.
A preliminary inquiry into whether Anthony Archie Dodgson, also known as Christian, and Tommie Boris Holloway will stand trial for second-degree murder commenced in Calgary provincial court.
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Dodgson, 27, who is represented by defence lawyers Tonii Roulson and Robin McIntyre, and Holloway, 31, who is represented by Rebecca Snukal, are charged in connection with the death last March 14 of Christophe Herblin.